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Regaining weight - how and why?So... the last thing on your mind is regaining weight - why? Well you're thrilled as punch, you've been on diet, you've been 'really good, 'the scale is your friend, and you've lost some weight, you're feeling great. You know what I mean?Then to your horror the dress size you dropped starts to find you again. Does this sound familiar? If it does...there's some consolation: you're not alone - weight cycling is common, common,common. (Yeah, I know it really isn't much of a consolation is it?)
But this really is the same old, same old pattern dieters all over the world experience. Seriously, though, once you know the why you're regaining weight - you'll know why I'd like you to ditch diets and live light! Now before you read any further, firstclick here to see how diets manage to mess with your metabolism because that'll give you really good reason never to diet again.
Reasons for weight gainWell ...along comes life: your cat gets run over, you catch your child taking drugs or your husband having an affair, your best friend gets cancer or whatever. Next think you know, you're a-heading for the fridge. This is where simply focussing on getting thin and losing weight quickly really lets you down.Because you haven't changed your underlying thoughts 
and habits, or had the personal growth, you turn to your old crutch:
emotional eating.
Now stop a moment and picture this. When a diet fails you (and they all do because they are unnatural and unsustainable from the outset), what are all the things you find yourself binge-eating? All those 'diet foods' or so-called 'good foods' like carrots? Lettuce? Brocolli? Not a chance! Naturally you gravitate towards all the so-called 'bad foods' - the stuff not on your eating guidelines of diet foods. Donuts, chocolate, candy, cookies and so on. Hello... this is the start of weight cycling. And what do they all have in common? They're high in sugar, high in fat and high in calories. And don't think this is where it all ends. Nope! There's more bad news to come!
Now for the weight regain
And if you're anything like I was, well you're doomed. When my only focus was getting thin, I had very black and white thinking. This is not good thinking when it comes to regaining weight. When I was good, I was very very good at sticking to my diet. But when I was bad, I was stuffing my face. But the problem was my black and white thinking and going on restrictive diets. All I had to do was break even one dietary rule to get what I call the "what the heck syndrome". What the heck, I've blown it - I may as well do a really good job. I already knew I was going to feel guilty, so I might as well just do a really good job of it. So I'd go from 800 calories of diet food to 8000 calories of junk foods overnight. And here's what those weight loss schemes don't tell you. Combine high calorie foods in large quantities with a body which has a now-slowed basal metabolic rate (that's your basic rate of metabolism - how much energy your body utilizes for basic body functions like breathing, moving, digestion, excretion and so on) and viola! you have a simply magic recipe for regaining fat. And ...what we regain is FAT.
No - it's in your bid to lose weight quickly, your metabolism has slowed down and that can't be changed in a jiffy. Didn't I say I was going to give you fabulous health reasons to ditch diets and live light? You can't argue with your body - it knows what is natural health and what isn't!
Return from Regaining Weight to Lose Weight Without Dieting
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